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Surprise in France as ex-minister convicted of rape
After nearly 10 years of legal battles that initially led to an acquittal, a former French government minister faces at least three years in prison after a court found him
6 children killed playing with old bomb in Uganda ― Police
Six children were killed and five others injured in northwest Uganda after an old explosive they found in the bushes detonated as they played with it, police said Thursday. Three
World’s oldest DNA sequenced from million-year-old mammoths
Teeth from mammoths buried in the Siberian permafrost for more than a million years have yielded the world’s oldest DNA ever sequenced, according to a study published on Wednesday, shining
First baby born after uterus transplant in France
A baby has been born following a uterus transplant for the first time ever in France, the hospital treating mother and infant said Wednesday. Such births are extremely rare but
93% of Palestinian eligible voters sign up for polls
More than 93 per cent of Palestinian eligible voters have registered for May legislative and July presidential elections, the first in 15 years, the electoral commission in Ramallah said Wednesday.
